Epidemiology characteristics of birth defects in Shenzhen city during 2003 to 2009, China

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 799-803

  Yang, Mei ^a   Zhang, Shaoqiang ^a,b   Du, Yukai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Longgang Health Education and Promotion Center   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Descriptive; Migrant population; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANKYLODACTYLIA; ASCITES; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; COCHRAN ARMITAGE TREND TEST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; POLYDACTYLY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; TALIPES EQUINOVARUS; TREND STUDY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84930910265     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.932767     Document Type: Review

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